BRB, We're Making Tons of These Felt Owl Ornaments

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We have NEVER seen anything cuter than these DIY felt owls. They're the perfect holiday project for gift giving, stocking stuffing or hanging on your tree. We're about to make a whole flock!

DIY Felt Owl

What you need:

4 colors of craft felt

4 colors of embroidery floss

Scissors

Polyfil Stuffing

Embroidery Needle

Piece of ribbon or cording for hanging

Pins

Owl template

1. Cut out the felt

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You can totally free-hand your owl and all of his features, but to make it easier for you, we've got you covered with an owl template
. Just print the pieces out onto thick paper or card stock and cut 'em out.

Pin your template pieces onto your felt and cut two body pieces from your main color and two wing pieces from a contrasting color. Then pick a third color and cut out a piece for the owl's eyes and a piece for its tail feathers. Finally, cut a little triangle out of yellow or orange felt for the beak.

2. Give him wings

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Select which color of embroidery floss you want to showcase the most, and line up the wings so they rest along the outside edge of your owl's felt body. Make sure you're only handling one of the two body cut-outs — we won't handle his back side until later.

Thread your needle and begin stitching on the wings. At this point, only sew the inside edge of your wings to attach them to the front piece of your owl's body (we'll sew the outside edge when we stitch the front and back of the body together). When you're finished fastening on the wings, tie a knot and snip off any excess floss.

3. Make a face

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Lay the felt eyes so they are centered on the owl's face. Use embroidery floss (make sure it's a different color than what you used for the wings!) to stitch around the eyes' perimeter, securing them into place. When you're finished, tie it off like you did for the wings.

Place your yellow triangle in the center of your eye piece and sew it into place with matching yellow or orange floss. This only takes three little straight stitches.

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When you've got the face in place, make two tiny, parallel stitches on either side of your beak to create the owl's little pupils.

4. Stitch some tail feathers

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Using the same embroidery floss you used for the eye piece, stitch three vertical lines onto his tail feathers. Place this piece aside for now.

Cut off a piece of ribbon or cord (or whatever you're using to hang your owl). Make a good-sized loop and tie the ends together. Set it aside with your tail feather piece.

5. Put it all together

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Place the second body piece onto the back side of the appliquéd piece and pin it so the edges are aligned. Using your main color of embroidery floss, stitch the two pieces together. Start at the top of a wing and move toward the head.

When you reach the top center of the owl, place the cord or ribbon loop between the two pieces of felt, hold it in place and stitch to secure it. Continue stitching around the owl (now is when we sew the outside of a wing!). When you come to the bottom center, place your tail feathers between the layers of felt and stitch into place.

Stop stitching when you reach the bottom of the second wing.

6. Stuff, stitch, done!

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Stuff your bird through the opening on the outer edge of the wing. Once stuffed to your liking, finish stitching up the wing and hang your new forest felt friend on your tree!

If you’re like us, you hate to throw away scraps from your latest craft. Luckily, we’re always coming up with ideas to use our leftover supplies. This project is a fun way to use up any pieces of felt you have lying around. Go ahead, let your creativity bloom!

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